ITPD970111A1 - EQUIPMENT FOR ASSESSING THE APTITUDE OF MILK FOR CASE-MAKING - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

The advance knowledge of the ability of milk to make cheese allows those who produce cheese to adopt the appropriate measures to maximize production.

The equipment, unlike the previous systems, automatically detects the parameters for evaluating the coagulation capacity of the milk such as;

to. Time of initiation of coagulation from the start of the analysis.

b. Time in which the opening of the graph of 20 mm is obtained. from the beginning of coagulation. c. Relationship between a. and b.

d. Opening in mm. of the graph after 30 minutes from the start of the analysis.

From the aforementioned parameters, the equipment management software will provide for the classification of milk into groups of merit identified as: DD, D, C, A, E, B, F, FF.

The groups shown refer to an evaluation table used by sector operators who currently calculate them manually.

The detection sensor (table 1 pos. 1) receives a thrust from the electromagnet (table 1 pos. 2) generated by a current signal of known value and performs a complete oscillation when the milk is still in the liquid state without friction which is detected and transformed by a sensor (table 1 pos. 5 detector / transformer).

As long as the detection sensor does not meet any friction, the Computer will draw a continuous vertical line on the screen.

When the milk begins to coagulate, the oscillation of the detection sensor is damped and consequently the detector will read smaller and smaller signals as the consistency of the coagulation increases. During this phase, the continuous vertical line drawn on the Computer screen will open, generating a graph of amplitude and shape proportional to the coagulation force of the milk.

The computer software based on the developed graph will carry out the classification of the milk in question.

The analysis time is 30 minutes. For special needs, the software allows you to change it up to 70 minutes.

To carry out the analysis, the milk must be brought and kept at 35 ° C.

The analysis is carried out on a 10 ml milk sample. to which 0.2 ml was added. of rennet solution (standard liquid rennet Title 1: 14,100. Solution for analysis: 0.750 ml. of rennet in 100 ml. of deionized water).

SPECIFIC TABLES TABLE 1

Details of a measurement element.

1. Elastic sensor for detecting coagulation made of harmonic steel with a diameter of 0.8 mm. with 8 mm rhomboidal golden terminal part. sideways.

2. Push electromagnet.

3. Thrust actuator magnet.

4. Motion actuator magnet.

5. Analog motion detector / transformer (magnetic / electric).

6. Sample container heating container (35 ° C ± 0.1).

8. Sample container positioning lever.

TABLE 2

1. Personal Computer

2. Dialog interface

3. Equipment for 8 simultaneous analyzes. A single Personal Computer can manage 6 of these modules corresponding to 48 simultaneous analyzes.

Claims (4)

CLAIMS The undersigned claim the following exclusive rights: 1. The application of the flexible sensor system in scientific equipment for the evaluation of milk from the animal kingdom to cheese making. 2. To be able to manufacture and sell scientific analysis instruments with the aforementioned system. 3. To be able to grant to others the construction of said instruments. 4. To be able to transfer the rights arising from the invention.